Matthew 20:15

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¹⁵Is it not lawful for me to do as I will with mine own? Is thine eye ^[a]evil, because I am good?

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Matthew 20:15 Naught, that is, to say, dost thou envy at my goodness towards them? for the Hebrews by an evil eye, meant envy, because such dispositions appear chiefly in the eyes, as above in Matt. 6:23. It is set to answer the word, single, and is taken there for corrupt: for whereas he said there before, verse 22, If thine eye be single, he addeth in verse 23, but if thine eye be wicked, or corrupt, the word being the same in that place, as it is here.

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Mark 7:22

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²²Thefts, ^[a]covetousness, wickedness, deceit, uncleanness, a ^[b]wicked eye, backbiting, pride, foolishness.

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Mark 7:22 All kind of craftiness whereby men profit themselves by other men’s losses.
Mark 7:22 Cankered malice.

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Proverbs 7:22

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²²And he followed her straightway, as an ^[a]ox that goeth to the slaughter, and ^[b]as a fool to the stocks for correction,

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Proverbs 7:22 Which thinking he goeth to the pasture, goeth willingly to his own destruction.
Proverbs 7:22 Which goeth cheerfully, not knowing that he shall be chastised.

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